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Characterization of Acholeplasma laidlawii ftsZ gene and its gene product.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Aug 1999
Kukekova A V, Malinin A Y, Ayala J A, Borchsenius S N
Abstract excerpt
The ftsZ gene was found among representatives of all bacterial groups. FtsZ protein is an essential component of cell division ring. Contraction of this cytoskeleton-like ring is believed to be the universal way of bacterial division. Acholeplasma laidlawii possesses all features of the minimal mycoplasma cell and some traits of cell-wall bacteria and seems to be a promising object for study of basic principles...
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